Course Prefix/Number: HSA 6521 (5575) Summer, 2011
Course Title: Critical Analysis of Health
Course Credit Hours: 3
Name and Contact Information: Dr. Francis Stephen Bridges
Professor of Community Health Education
Office: Bldg. 72/258
Telephone: 850-474-2051
Fax: 413-473-5891
Email: fbridges@uwf.edu
Friendly Tips and Suggestions:
1) To receive an email response from your Professor, please put Course
Name & Your Name in SUBJECT line of your email, e.g., Critical Analysis
& Your Name); emails w/o this plus a signature file (sig file) at the end of
the message text will not be answered. I have many students and do not
always immediately recognize which class or classes you are enrolled in ok?
To create a sig file in MS Outlook go to TOOLS/OPTIONS/MAIL
FORMAT/SIGNATURES. Here is mine but yours does not need to be this
fancy:
Dr. F. Stephen Bridges
Professor of Community Health Education
Division of Health, Leisure & Exercise Science
The University of West Florida1
11,000 University Parkway Pensacola, Florida 32514
voice: 850.474.2051
efax: 413.473.5891
Web: http://www.uwf.edu/hlsd/bridges.htm
"A man who is right every time is not likely to do very much."
Dr. Francis Crick, 1962 Nobel Laureate in Medicine
2) Responses to students questions about quiz/exam questions will
commence 4 business days after the quiz/exam due date. This give you time
to check the answers after the due date.
3) Both parties must be logged into D2L for the pager to work
synchronously...so I do not use the PAGER tool.
Virtual Office Hours: Virtual M 11:00-noon AND Tu 1:002:00pm; anytime by email...I will usually respond within 48 hrs unless I am
out of town or its Saturday or Sunday. If I am out of town, you will be
notified by email or via a course announcement ahead of time.
Prerequisites or Co-Requisites: None.
Course Description: This course will provide you with a variety of learning
opportunities designed to make you aware of factual information concerning
your life and health.
More specifically, activities will address the causes, treatment, and
prevention of chronic diseases, injuries and infectious diseases in the
US. The course will focus on those priority health problems, identified by the
government, most in need of attention by both medical professionals and
citizens alike.
In addition, activities will consist of "awareness-raising" sessions regarding
current health issues. Next, this course will provide you some insight into
the socio-cultural and behavioral determinants of health.
Finally, this course will provide you with opportunities to develop beneficial
attitudes, inclinations, and skills applicable toward you taking personal
responsibility for your lifestyle and health.
Overarching Goals: Upon completion of the course, students will be able
to demonstrate knowledge of the 4 broad goals that we as a Nation
need to commit to, in order for us to reach our full potential. These
four goals, according to Healthy People, are to:
1. Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability,
injury, and premature death.
2. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all
groups.
3. Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors
across all life stages.
About this Course: This course is delivered completely online. You must
have consistent access to the Internet. Learning at a distance may be a
very different environment for many of you. You will generally set your own
schedules, participate in class activities at your convenience, and work at
your own pace. You may spend some additional time online during the first
few weeks while you become acclimated to the online class format and you
may feel overwhelmed. You should also be prepared to spend approximately
6 - 10 hours per week online completing lessons, activities, and participating
in class discussions. Finally, you may want to incorporate these tips to help
you get started:
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Set yourself a schedule -- check the course web site early in the class
week to see what tasks you'll need to work on for the week.
Become very familiar with the site and how to use it. It is a tool to
help you learn!
Team up with your classmates to discuss class assignments and
questions you might have. Check the “Classlist” link ? for biography
info and email addresses.
Ask questions when you need answers. If you have problems, contact
your Professor ASAP! I will help you come up with a solution!
42 Objectives/Topics:
The Topic Areas of Healthy People 2020 identify and group objectives of
related content, highlighting specific issues and populations. Each Topic Area
is assigned to one or more lead agencies within the federal government that
is responsible for developing, tracking, monitoring, and periodically reporting
on objectives.
Continued next page
1. Access to Health Services
2. Adolescent Health
3. Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic
Back
Conditions
4. Blood Disorders and Blood Safety
5. Cancer
6. Chronic Kidney Disease
7. Dementias, Including Alzheimer’s
Disease
8. Diabetes
9. Disability and Health
10. Early and Middle Childhood
11. Educational and Community-Based
Programs
12. Environmental Health
13. Family Planning
14. Food Safety
15. Genomics
16. Global Health
17. Healthcare-Associated Infections
18. Health Communication and Health
Information
Technology
19. Health-Related Quality of Life and
Well-Being
20. Hearing and Other Sensory or
Communication
Disorders
21. Heart Disease and Stroke
22. HIV
23. Immunization and Infectious
Diseases
24. Injury and Violence Prevention
25. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Health
26. Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
27. Medical Product Safety
28. Mental Health and Mental Disorders
29. Nutrition and Weight Status
30. Occupational Safety and Health
31. Older Adults
32. Oral Health
33. Physical Activity
34. Preparedness
35. Public Health Infrastructure
36. Respiratory Diseases
37. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
38. Sleep Health
39. Social Determinants of Health
40. Substance Abuse
41. Tobacco Use
42. Vision
Student Learning Outcomes:
1a. To demonstrate knowledge of the 2 broad goals that we as a Nation
need to commit to, in order for us to reach our full potential. These
two goals are to 1) increase the quality and years of healthy life, and
2) to eliminate health disparities.
1b. To demonstrate an understanding of the 28 objectives needed to achieve
these 2 broad goals above per HP2010.
1c. To demonstrate a knowledge of physical activity and fitness within the
broad category of promoting healthy behaviors.
2. To demonstrate an understanding of nutrition within the broad category
of promoting healthy behaviors.
3. To demonstrate a knowledge of tobacco within the broad category of
promoting healthy behaviors.
4. To demonstrate an understanding of educational and community-based
programs within the broad category of promoting healthy and safe
communities.
5. To demonstrate a knowledge of environmental health within the broad
category of promoting healthy and safe communities.
6. To demonstrate an understanding of food safety within the broad category
of promoting healthy and safe communities.
7. To demonstrate a knowledge of injury/violence prevention within the
broad category of promoting healthy and safe communities.
8. To demonstrate an understanding of occupational safety and health within
the broad category of promoting healthy and safe communities.
9. To demonstrate a knowledge of oral health within the broad category of
promoting healthy and safe communities.
10. To demonstrate a knowledge of access to quality health service within
the broad category of improving systems for personal and public
health.
11. To demonstrate a knowledge of family planning within the broad
category of improving systems for personal and public health.
12. To demonstrate an understanding of maternal, infant, and child health
within the broad category improving systems for personal and public
health.
13. To demonstrate an understanding of medical product safety within the
broad category improving systems for personal and public health.
14. To demonstrate an understanding of public health infrastructure within
the broad category improving systems for personal and public health.
15. To demonstrate an understanding of health communication within the
broad category improving systems for personal and public health.
16. To demonstrate an understanding of arthritis, osteoporosis, and chronic
back conditions within the broad category preventing and reducing
diseases and disorders.
17. To demonstrate an understanding of cancer within the broad category
preventing and reducing diseases and disorders.
18. To demonstrate a knowledge of diabetes within the broad category
preventing and reducing diseases and disorders.
19. To demonstrate a knowledge of disability and secondary conditions
within the broad category preventing and reducing diseases and
disorders.
20. To demonstrate a knowledge of heart disease and stroke within the
broad category preventing and reducing diseases and disorders.
21. To demonstrate an understanding of HIV infection within the broad
category preventing and reducing diseases and disorders.
22. To demonstrate an understanding of immunization and infectious
diseases within the broad category preventing and reducing diseases
and disorders.
23. To demonstrate an understanding of mental health and mental disorders
within the broad category of preventing and reducing diseases and
disorders.
24. To demonstrate an understanding of respiratory diseases within the
broad category of preventing and reducing diseases and disorders.
25. To demonstrate knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases within the
broad category preventing and reducing diseases and disorders.
26. To demonstrate an understanding of substance abuse within the broad
category of preventing and reducing diseases and disorders.
2 Textbooks: Healthy People 2020: Improving the Health of Americans
(HP2020) is the first textbook. It is available to students for free online.
The second textbook is Annual Editions: Health 2011/2012 (paperback)
edited by Dr. Eileen L. Daniel, The McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY.
ISBN 978-0-07-805080-0. The UWF bookstore has ordered copies of this
text for purchase by local students.
Required Materials:
Internet Access
E-mail Account
Grading Evaluation Scale
Three Exams
20 PWeb Test Your Knowledge article
review forms
Health Literacy Course or equivalent
Electronic 'ICPSR/Photoshare' Activity
Portfolio
Total
% of
Grade
Total
Points
Each Unit
32
160
1 @40 pts / 2 @
60 pts
16
80
4 pts
10
50
50 pts
42
210
210 pts
100
500
PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN (Each part is worth 25pts, i.e., Activities 1-8
and the Cover page/TOC is worth 10 pts.)
1. Quality
10 pts
2. Comprehensiveness
10 pts
3. Format & Neatness
+ 5 pts
25
X 8 activities = 200 pts + 10 pts for the
CP/TOC = a TOTAL of 210 pts.
QUALITY: appropriate material is used.
COMPREHENSIVENESS: the thoroughness of your work.
FORMAT: activities must be submitted in an organized manner -- in
numerical order as the activities are listed in the syllabus (consider
employing photos or other graphic images for max points!).
NEATNESS: maintain consistency in presentation of material, i.e., use the
same font style and size throughout. No spelling or grammatical errors!
Grading Scale:
A = 465.0 - 500.0 pts (93 - 1OO%)
A- = 450.0 - 464.9 pts (90 - 92.9%)
B+ = 435.0 - 449.9 pts (87 - 89.9%)
B = 415.0 - 434.9 pts (83 - 86.9%)
B- = 400.0 - 414.9 pts (80 - 82.9%)
C+ = 385.0 - 399.9 pts (77 - 79.9%)
C = 365.0 - 384.9 pts (73 - 76.9%)
C- = 350.0 - 364.9 pts (70 - 72.9%)
D+ = 335.0 - 349.9 pts (67 - 69.9%)
D = 300.0 - 334.9 pts (60 - 66.9%)
F = 0.0 - 299.5 pts ( 0 - 59.9%)
CLASS PARTICIPATION / POLICY ON LATE ASSIGNMENTS
The attendance/participation policy for this class is based on the information
found the University Catalog. The University expects students to take full
responsibility for their academic work and academic progress. To progress
satisfactorily, students must meet the requirements of each course for which
they are registered. Successful work depends to a large extent on regular
class attendance [drb: includes participation in online courses].
Class attendance is regarded as an academic matter. Each faculty member
will provide a written attendance policy to each class within the first week of
classes. The use of attendance records in grading and handling of any
excuses for absences is left to the discretion of the faculty member
responsible for the course, subject to the guidelines given below:
A. Students will be excused from class to observe religious holidays of
their faith. No major test, major class event, or major University
activity will be scheduled on a major religious holiday.
B. Absences for imposed legal responsibilities (e.g., jury duty, court
appearance) will be recognized as excused absences.
C. Absences resulting from participation in extracurricular activities in
which students are official representatives of the University will be
recognized as excused absences.
D. Absences for serious illness, death or serious illness within the
student’s immediate family, military obligations, or other sound
reasons offered by the student may be accepted as excused absences.
It is the responsibility of students to know the attendance policy of each
course they are taking. Students must inform their instructor(s) of absences
from classes prior to or as soon as possible after the absence [drb:
verification is due no later than three working days after the absence].
Instructors have the right to request verification for all excused absences.
Students are held accountable for all assignments in each course, whether or
not the assignments were announced during an absence. Faculty are
encouraged to provide opportunities for students to make up examinations
and other work missed because of an excused absence.
Reserve/National Guard Duty
To fulfill a reservist or National Guard military obligation of no more than two
weeks concurrent with a normal academic semester at UWF, students must
receive written permission for such absences from the instructors and
departmental chairpersons for each course in which they are enrolled. The
approval is not automatic but is discretionary with the instructors and
departmental chairpersons.
Academic Honesty – Expectations for Academic Conduct and
Plagiarism Policy:
As members of the University of West Florida, we commit ourselves to
honesty. As we strive for excellence in performance, integrity—both personal
and institutional—is our most precious asset. Honesty in our academic work
is vital, and we will not knowingly act in ways which erode that integrity.
Accordingly, we pledge not to cheat, nor to tolerate cheating, nor to
plagiarize the work of others. We pledge to share community resources in
ways that are responsible and that comply with established policies of
fairness. Cooperation and competition are means to high achievement and
are encouraged. Indeed, cooperation is expected unless our directive is to
individual performance. We will compete constructively and professionally for
the purpose of stimulating high performance standards. Finally, we accept
adherence to this set of expectations for academic conduct as a condition of
membership in the UWF academic community.
Academic Conduct Policy: (Web Format) | (PDF Format) | (RTF
Format)Plagiarism Policy: (Word Format) | (PDF Format) | (RTF
Format)Student Handbook: (PDF Format)
ASSISTANCE: Students with special needs who require specific
examination-related or other course-related accommodations should contact
Barbara Fitzpatrick, Director of Disabled Student Services (DSS),
dss@uwf.edu, (850) 474-2387. DSS will provide the student with a letter for
the instructor that will specify any recommended accommodations.
Classroom/Online Behavior: "University of West Florida faculty are
responsible for establishing and implementing appropriate academic
standards as well as reasonable behavior standards for each class.
Disruptive classroom conduct, a violation of the UWF Student Code of
Conduct, is defined as individual or group conduct of a nature that
interrupts or interferes with educational activities, infringes upon the
rights and privileges of others, results in the destruction of property or is
otherwise prejudicial to the maintenance of order. Violations should be
reported to the Office of Student Affairs for adjudication through the Student
Conduct System." (pg. 47) (Source: University Student Life Handbook... see
pages 46-49).